Thursday, June 10, 2010

Polling Louisiana...

Louisiana was the winner of this week's poll on where to poll- what questions do we need to ask to get at the heart of public opinion related to the oil spill and what impact it might or might not have on the Senate race?

18 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Tom, this is for you! I'm writing this in advance, telling you what you're going to see in the poll: Big decrease in support for offshore drilling, Obama very unpopular, Jindal popular, Vitter maybe not very popular personally but with a big lead over Melancon, reason: Vitter may be [insert whatever] but Louisiana is done with Democrats for a long time for now.

"NEW ORLEANS (AP) - At the same time they are venting their fury on BP over the Gulf of Mexico spill and its calamitous environmental effects, Louisiana politicians are rushing to the defense of the oil-and-gas industry and pleading with Washington to bring back offshore drilling—now.As angry as they are over the disaster, state officials warn that the Obama administration's temporary ban on drilling in the Gulf has sent Louisiana's most lucrative industry into a death spiral.

They contend that drilling is safe overall and that the moratorium is a knee-jerk reaction, akin to grounding every airplane in America because of a single crash. They worry, too, that the moratorium comes at a time when another major Louisiana industry—fishing—has been brought to a standstill by the mess in the Gulf.

"For God's sake, don't finish us off with a moratorium," Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said this week."

I am asking you to poll LA-02 so we can finally get a poll to see how vulnerable Cao is. This is the district where the post Hurricane questions, ethics, and oil spill would really be of use. And you can do what you did in South Carolina: start your LA poll there, and then move onto the state.